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On 27 March, Montgomery was indicted for murder. He was held in prison pending trial, [4] which took place in November–December 1770, in Boston. John Adams, who would later become President of the United States, was his attorney. Montgomery and fellow soldier Matthew Kilroy were both found guilty of manslaughter on 5 December. They returned ...
A large crowd soon gathered around them. After Private Hugh Montgomery was struck by a club, Montgomery shouted, "Damn you, fire!" Kilroy then pointed his gun at rope-maker Samuel Gray, who, depending on the source, said, "damn you, don't fire!" [2] or "They dare not fire." [3] Kilroy then fired the shot that killed Gray.
There is some evidence [2] that they eloped and were married on board a ship bound for the American colonies in 1749. [1] They lived for a time in the Pennsylvania Colony. He was a "near relative of British General Richard Montgomery, who fell at the Battle of Quebec, in 1775..." [1] By the 1770s Montgomery resided in Rowan County, North ...
Hugh Montgomery may refer to: Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery (1560–1636), aristocrat and soldier, one of the "founding fathers" of the Ulster-Scots; Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery (1597–1642) Hugh Montgomery (soldier) (1720–1779), landowner and soldier during the American Revolution in North Carolina
[23] [24] The soldiers were Corporal William Wemms and Privates Hugh Montgomery, John Carroll, William McCauley, William Warren, and Matthew Kilroy, accompanied by Preston. They pushed their way through the crowd. Henry Knox took Preston by the coat and told him, "For God's sake, take care of your men.
In personal appearance, Montgomery is described as of medium height, ruddy complexioned, with curly reddish hair and a quick grey eye. He was twice married: [5] First, in December 1648, to Mary, eldest daughter of Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda and Alice Loftus, by whom he had two sons Hugh and Henry, who were successively second and third earls of Mount Alexander and a daughter ...
1770 – 29th Regiment of Foot privates Hugh Montgomery and Matthew Kilroy are found guilty for the manslaughter of Crispus Attucks and Samuel Gray respectively in the Boston Massacre. [13] 1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Earl of Mount Alexander was a title in the Peerage of Ireland.It was created in 1661 for Hugh Montgomery, 3rd Viscount Montgomery. He was the grandson of Hugh Montgomery, known as one of the "founding fathers" of the Ulster Scots, who was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Montgomery, of the Great Ardes, in 1622.